"officiate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-officiate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: officiates [plural]
Etymology: Circa 17th century, from Latin officiātus, perfect passive participle of officiō (“conduct or perform religious services”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃ep-}}, {{bor|en|la|officiātus}} Latin officiātus, {{m|la|officiō||conduct or perform religious services}} officiō (“conduct or perform religious services”), {{der|en|la|officium||official duty, service}} Latin officium (“official duty, service”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} officiate (plural officiates)
  1. A person appointed to office
    Sense id: en-officiate-en-noun-CDV9y3OX

Verb

IPA: /əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-officiate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: officiates [present, singular, third-person], officiating [participle, present], officiated [participle, past], officiated [past]
Etymology: Circa 17th century, from Latin officiātus, perfect passive participle of officiō (“conduct or perform religious services”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃ep-}}, {{bor|en|la|officiātus}} Latin officiātus, {{m|la|officiō||conduct or perform religious services}} officiō (“conduct or perform religious services”), {{der|en|la|officium||official duty, service}} Latin officium (“official duty, service”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} officiate (third-person singular simple present officiates, present participle officiating, simple past and past participle officiated)
  1. (intransitive, transitive) To perform the functions of some office. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to perform the functions of some office): изпълнявам задължения (izpǎlnjavam zadǎlženija) (Bulgarian), toimittaa (Finnish), amtieren (German), oficiar (Ido), przewodniczyć (Polish), pełnić obowiązki (Polish), исполнять обязанности (ispolnjatʹ objazannosti) (Russian), oficiar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-officiate-en-verb-7HFHOMmf Disambiguation of 'to perform the functions of some office': 99 1
  2. (intransitive, transitive, sports) To serve as umpire or referee. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Sports Translations (to serve as umpire or referee): съдия съм (sǎdija sǎm) (Bulgarian), sędziować (Polish), döma (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-officiate-en-verb--CXmpPxS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 11 70 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to serve as umpire or referee': 1 99

Inflected forms

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